Exam 7: Episodic and Semantic Memory:

Imagine one meets a lady at a party at a friend's house. One is unable to recall her name when one sees her on the street the next day. Yet one has no trouble recalling her name when one sees her again at a friend's house. How can transfer-appropriate processing explain this?

To create a memorable yet secure password one should:

Tanya remembers that her favorite celebrity is going to have twins, but she can't recall where she heard this bit of gossip. This is an example of:

The frontal cortex:

Give an example of retroactive interference occurring in everyday life.

Strategies for making information more memorable and easier to recall are known as:

In a 1972 study, Bransford and Johnson read an abstract passage aloud to participants who then had to recall as much information as possible. Some participants were also shown a picture that was described by the passage either before or after they heard the passage read. The results of this study demonstrated that memory is better when the information:

Describe the case of H.M. Explain how he acquired his memory problems, and discuss the types of deficits he experienced and the functions of his brain that were spared.

Proactive interference is when:

Which statement demonstrates Tulving's idea about when episodic and semantic memories develop?

How do free recall, cued recall, and recognition differ in terms of the number of memory cues available?

Mere exposure to visual details on coins:

What seems to be the role of the hippocampus in episodic memory? Describe one study that demonstrated this role.

Many students consider multiple-choice exams to be easier than essay exams. This is because multiple-choice test items:

According to Tulving and other researchers the ability to maintain episodic memories requires the ability to:

Describe any one study that demonstrated false memories.

Which statement demonstrates that nonhuman animals may possess episodic memory?

Describe the effect of repeated exposure on semantic memory and on episodic memory.

One knows that cows produce milk. If this knowledge has grown out of one's repeated experiences observing cows being milked, this would suggest that:

The process whereby each time an old memory is recalled or reactivated may become vulnerable to modification is known as: